August 14, 2020 While the wing was installed we went ahead and put on the intersection fairing. This was all pretty simple metalworking. A new concept is used here to locate the holes on the lower fuselage skin though. You can use any straight line, just mark the 1, 2, and 3" spots from where... Continue Reading →
August 12, 2020 Installed the left flap today and did the fuselage cutout for the flap push rod. I started by drilling a pilot hole through the side skin and opened it up to fit the small dremel sanding disk. I also drilled a hole down through the floor that would allow the dremel to... Continue Reading →
August 11, 2020 Mounted the left aileron and did all the final rigging on it. We started by holding the aileron bellcrank in position with the jig supplied in the kit and adjusted the short control link to put the aileron in trail. Then the longer control rod got installed between the bellcrank and the... Continue Reading →
Aug 9-10, 2020 Installed both wings for the first time. We took our time and did it one at a time on the first day to make sure nothing would go wrong when we installed them to set the incidence and sweep. Hardware store bolts with a tapered end and some wheel bearing grease and... Continue Reading →
August 7-8. 2020 Finished up the last few clean up and prep bits on the left lower wing skin and started bucking it into place. Found some foam blocks to help hold it up and gain access. Took a few hours of slow going and we made it about 2/3 of the way through the... Continue Reading →
August 6, 2020 Installed the engine mount. Started in the upper passenger side and opened the hole up to 3/8. We stepped up in drill bit sizes, then used a ream for final size. Once the first bolt was installed, we hung the mount and used the other mount positions as a drill guide to... Continue Reading →
Aug 4-5, 2020 Took the rudder cable fairings I got from spruce and shaped them down with the sanding disk. I decided that I wanted these to be removable so I made a backing plate for them with countersunk nut plates for #6 screws. I shaped them so the #8 screw that holds the adel... Continue Reading →
July 31, Aug 3 2020 Most of the 31st was taken up by the passenger side kick panel that goes in front of the main spar. The initially fitting was pretty bad, so it took some trimming and sanding before it sat flat. The bracket that goes behind it was difficult to hold in position... Continue Reading →
July 30, 2020 PAINT DAY! primed everything that's going behind the panel so it'll never rust. Yay paint. -Paul(Total Build Time: 484.6)
July 29, 2020 Pulled the sub-panel stuff apart. Dimpled everything that needed it, cleaned everything up and prepped it all for painting. Pretty simple day of just routine metal work. Nothing really too interesting. -Paul(Total Build Time: 479.6)
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